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Earth Science - Plate Tectonics Vocab
Earth Science - Plate Tectonics Vocab
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What is the sort of solid / sort of liquid layer below the Earth's crust called?
The Outer Core
The Mantle
The Inner Core
The Crust
2
Is Earth's outer core Liquid or Solid?
Both
Solid
Liquid
Neither
3
What is the outer most layer of the Earth called?
The Mantle
The Crust
The Outer Core
The Inner Core
4
A
divergent
plate boundary is...
Two plates slide against each other
There is no such thing!
Two plates move away from each other
Two plates come toward each other
5
Which of the following
is not
a landform?
A valley
A mountain
A river
A forest
6
What is a geologist?
A person who studies stars and planets
A person who studies the weather
A person who studies living organisms
A person who studies the earth
7
What does the term "geo-" mean?
"water"
"earth"
"person who studies"
"life"
8
Which of the following
is
a landform?
A canyon
A tree
A person
A star
9
A place where two tectonic plates meet is called a ____________.
line
zone
boundary
plate
10
What is a landform?
A natural feature of the earth's surface
A living organism
A human-made feature on the earth's surface
Anything on the Earth's crust
11
When two tectonic plates smash into each other, this is a...
transform plate boundary
divergent plate bondary
convergent plate boundary
dinner plate boundary
12
The Earth's crust is broken into...
... continents
... tectonic plates
The Earth's Crust isn't broken!
...tiny pieces
13
What is the name for a plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past / scrape one another?
Magical boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
14
What can be caused by two tectonic plates
converging
(coming together)?
SELECT ALL THAT ARE CORRECT!
Earthquakes
Mountains
Lakes
Volcanoes
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Is Earth's inner core Liquid or Solid?
Both
Neither
Solid
Liquid
